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Scott Bentz
(scottbentz) -
BPL Lifetime Member

My Locale

Southern California

About Me

I live in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. I can get to a lot of nice hiking areas right from my street or travel for 15 minutes to higher elevations in the Angeles National Forrest. I started packing again with my sons in their Boy Scout troop. I was definitely not light that first trip 6 years ago and have been reducing my pack weight ever since. I mainly pack a few times a year in the Eastern and Western Sierras.

Sponsored and Supported Atempts"prediction :
As the sponsors move into the trail record game, the rules will become more formalized."
I can just see it now, just like the Tour de France. Burros following the runner...

Gatewood Cape or Golite Poncho/Tarp Bivy?I have a Gatewood Cape and it is also a Poncho Tarp. I have used it often without a bivy but, if rain were a constant I would certainly use a bivy for splatter. That way you can keep a bit more air...

No, but who am I to say?The one time I actually opened a space blanket was during a storm. I was with a group of scouts and we left our gear at a base camp to hike up to Mt. Baden Powell and back. On the way down the cond...

Wet Feet/ShoesWhat I like to do is approach a stream crossing, then sit down on a nice boulder and remove my leather hiking boots, wool socks and sock liners. I then put on a new pair of socks and my stream cros...

Gear ListGo to the Gear List section of the website. Many, many JMT ideas. Mine is posted under my profile. I am resupplying 2 times. Once at Vermillion (with a day layover) and Muir Trail Ranch. North to S...

Compactor Bag SizesWhat size bags are you using? I was at a Ralphs the other day and the only one's they had seemed to big for our packs (GG Mariposa Plus, Homemade G4, Exos 58 and Gregory Z Pack). The bag said t...

Macho MenI think the thought is that a heavier pack means you are more macho than the next guy. A heavy pack doesn't feel all that heavy in your living room. After all, you do have a chair, 3 changes of...

3,500 CUI have never seen or worn an Ohm, however, I used a GG Mariposa Plus on my trek last year. The Mariposa Plus has 2,800 cubic inches in the main compartment and including the outside pockets it has ...

SlipperyI used a pair of Crocs on a 2 week hike last summer. The first time I got to a river to fish a bit I fell flat on my a**. Never had that problem like that with Tevas. Crocs are light but are too bu...

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MSR MIOXWe used a MSR Miox on a trip with 9 people (Scouts). We got very spotty results and ended up playing with the unit more than we wanted. It seemed like the perfect solution but was not worth the wait. ...